But many viewers seemed to be offended by his comments about congressional candidate Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL who lost an eye while serving in Afghanistan.

A photo of Crenshaw was shown, then Davidson said: "You may be surprised to hear he's a congressional candidate in Texas and not a hitman in a porno movie. I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war, or whatever. Whatever."

A number of conservative media folk responded on Twitter, shaming the joke.

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Davidson's fellow SNL star Kenan Thompson has since spoken out about the controversial joke. He appeared on Today this morning, and said that the joke "definitely missed the mark."

"I personally would never necessarily go there, but it's tough when you're fishing for jokes," he added, before describing Davidson as "a humble dude and has got a big heart and I don't think he goes out to offend people."